This reminded me of Noelle's comment on Carter's attempts for peace in the Mideast. I thought this cartoon was very appropriate in showing how many of our past presidents have tried to reach this unsuccessfully to reach this huge goal.I was looking around and I found this blog http://hammeringsparksfromtheanvil.blogspot.com/. It just posted a ton of political cartoons regarding the Annapolis Conference and how the promise of peace just dosen't seem realistic at all. Check it out!
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Getting toward peace is like getting up a stair case: if peace is at the top of the stairs, you still have to go up one by one to get there. Sometimes, it is a very long staircase. But the truth is, there has never been any conflict in history that has lasted forever. So, sooner or later (or much later), there will be a resolution. It is very easy to be glib and say it'll never happen, but if that's the attitude we take and no one ever tries, it is a guarantee it will never happen. The best one can do it to support Peace Talks and encourage the groups to find their way to peace.
You have such an optimistic look out, Ziva! All I’ve been viewing is cynicism when I was looking up information and looking over responds to the Annapolis Conference. It is so refreshing to get some hopeful and positive feedback.
Peace isn't achievable if one or both sides have secret agendas. Obviously, each side does not want to disclose too much to either side in order to gain some leverage on negotiations and things like that. However, because of this, attempts for peace are going to be extremely difficult. Neither sides trusts one another, leading to strong suspicions and mistrust. With the current situation as it is, peace doesn't look to achieved in the near future.
Well obviouly the U.S. is going to support Peace Talks with the Middle East. Peace is a collective goal that everyone wants to achieve, but it's just not that easy. It's true that no conflict has lasted forever, but I think this conflict is special. There are too many different groups who have differing opinions. For example, Israel and Palestine, and the Shiites, Sunnis, and the Kurds. And everyone knows that one major factor in the peace talks conducted by the U.S. is oil in the Middle East. So how can these Middle Eastern groups take the U.S. seriously? I absolutely hope peace is achieved, but I don't see it happening for a long, long time.
Hopefully they will reach an agreement for peace, but I don't see it happening any time soon. Both sides have their own plans, and until one of them either gives up on their goal, or finds another way to accomplish it, nobody will be able to reach any real peace agreement.
I commend George Bush, Jr. for following in the footsteps of past presidents. It's nice to know that at least he's trying. Although peace in the Middle East seems elusive nowadays, especially with Iran and Hamas harboring intense hostility for Israel, I still have some hope for peace in the far future. It will take many generations for the animosities ingrained in the Palestinians and Israelis to subside, so I don't think I'll be alive to see a peaceful Middle East, but still, as Ziva said, the Middle East is bound to find peace SOMETIME...
Call me biased, but I think that there are a few things that need to happen before peace can even be imaginable. And by the way, as nice as Ziva's optimism sounds, simply waiting for it to happen "sooner or later." I do agree with her that in order for anything to happen, people must hold a positive attitude and support peace talks.
And yet, I'm torn. Part of me feels that Israel should engage in these summits, but part of me thinks that not as smart of a decision as it would seem. With Saudi Arabia freeing Al Queda prisoners, the Palestinians still sending rockets and suicide bombers into Israel, and that the Arab Representatives wouldn't even shake Tzipi Lini's hand. I understand that the Palestinians are stereotyped and held to a different standard in the land of Israel, but if they're response to such an issue was not through violence, maybe something good would come out of it. I mean if MLK and Ghandi did it, why couldn't they? Obviously the attack approach hasn't worked out as this war has been going on for 60 years, maybe actually agreeing with the terms of cease-fire would actually work. More than once Israel has come close to successfully having a two-State solution. In the Oslo Accords, the plan was to gradually give the land to the Palestinians. Why did it stop? Palestinian attacks. Israel gives Palestine Gaza, and what happens? Katusha rockets to the max.
And time and time again Israel still agrees to negotiate with these people that continue to attach Israel. The country claims that they do not negotiate with terrorists, but do they?
So by the way I'd like to bring up a bit of irony. In 1947, the Partition Plan was voted on the in UN for a two-state solution. Israel accepted and the Arabs did not. Now, the Palestinian population is calling the UN to bring back the Partition Plan...60 years later.
Also--Any thoughts about Osama Bin Laddin's video? I'd love a post about it.
This is a very funny, and very true cartoon. It is sort of funny how many presidents have used the sam ideological line and hope for peace in the middle-east and it is also somewhat amusing (and tireing) how many times this attempt has come to nothing. I hope we can find peace soo and stop adding presidents to the list.,
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